Quick-action vise



Nov'. 27,1923. 1,475,618

J. ANDERSON QUICK A CTION VISE Filed Dec. 16. 1922 W WW/m Patented Nov.27, 1923.

unirse TES JULIUS ANDERSON, OF IVIENNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

QUIGK-ACTON VISIE.

Application led December 16, 1922.

TO all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JULiUs ANDERSON, a subject of the King of Sweden,but have taken outk niy iirst naturalization papers in the UnitedStates, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quick-Action Vises; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to quick action vises for use on an ordinary workbench or table and is especially designed for use on the top surface ofthe bench.

It is an object of this invention to provide a vise which may be quicklyadjusted and operated for all sizes of objects within an extensiverange.

It is an additional. object to provide a vise which employs a caniaction clamping device involvingl few parts and small cost ofmanufacture;

A further object of this. invention is to provide a vise especiallyadapted to hold a board or other object for planing and one which willproject only slightly` above the top of the bench so as not to he in theway of the plane.

These and other objects of the invention will be fully set forth in thefollowing description made in connection with the accompanying drawingswherein like reference characters refer to the same parts throughout theseveral views, and, in which- Fig. 1 is a plan view of the vise in itspreferred form with some parts broken away;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken through the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

F ig. 3 is a vertical section showing the operation of the cammiiigclamp taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, a. base coniprising two members 5 ispreferably constructed by securing the same together in spaced relationby end plates 6 secured to the two base members at either end. Arelatively narrow anchoring base 7, preferably of metal having aplurality of spaced perfo* rations 8 formed therein is secured to thetwo base members 5 at its edges and allows the Serial No. 607,399.

perforations 8 to lie directly above the space between the two basemembers 5. At one end of this perforated anchoring base 7 ak stop member9 isV secured forming a fixed jaw of the vise. An independent carrierplate 10 having' depending lugs 11 Vand 12 is adapted to be anchored tosaid anchoring base 7 by means of the two depending lugs 11 and 12co-operating with the perforations 8 on base 7, at various desiredpositions along the entire length of the anchoring base. The dependinganchoring lug 11 is provided with a notch 13 which prevents displacementof the carrier plate 10 when said plate is anchored and the other'anchoring lug 12 is movable in a slot 14 on the carrier plate to permitready engagement with a corresponding perforation in said anchoringbase, when it is wished to secure thecarrier plate to vthe anchoringbase.

A clamping plunger 15 is carried on one end of the carrier plate 10* andis slidable in the guide 16 secured to the plate 10. For actuating thisclamping plunger 15, a horizontal cam lever 17 is provided pivoted tothe top of the carrier plate 10 and in engagement with the inner end ofclamping plunger 15.

The operation of applicants vise from the above description is probablyobvious. A board X is placed on top of the anchoring base 7 and pushedagainst the stop 9. The carrier plate 10 is then anchored to itsanchoring base 7 in close relation to the other end of the board. Thecam lever 17 is then operated, actuating the clamping plunger 15 andtightly holding the board with4 the co-operation of the stop 9. s

Frein the above description, it is apparent that applicant has providedan extremely simple and eihcient vise which may be quickly adjusted forall lengths of objects within an extensive range. The carrier plate withits camming lever projects only a slight distance above the top of thebench as will be seen in Fig. 3 and does not interfere with the planingof a thin bo-ard.

1t will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made inthe form, details and pro-portions of the parts without departing fromthe scope of applicants invention, which generally stated consists inthe matter shown and described and set forth in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A quick-action vise comprising a base,

a flat plate secured thereto and adapted to support a board, a platehaving an upwardly projecting portion permanently seeured to one end ofsaid plate and forming an abutment for the endof said board, a Hatmember above said iirst mentioned plate and adapted to be freely movedby hand lengthwise thereof While detached therefrom, means carried bysaid member for connecting the same to said last mentioned plate atvarious*pointsvtherealonga jaw slidable onv said member, and means formoving said jaw a short distance and clamping the same against said.board.

2. A quick action vise comprising a flatplate adapted to support aboard, said plate having spaced peiforations therein, an abutmentofsho-rt height secured to one end of said plate, a plate slidable on saidplate and carrying pins adapted to engage in said perforations to holdsaid second mentioned plate in various positions, a jaiv of shortvertical height mounted to slide in said last mentioned plate, and ahandle-carrying spiral cam abutting the outer end of said .'aw to moveand clama` the same avainst a. board cont-acting said abutment.

In testimony whereof I; afx my signature.

.IU-LUIS ANDERSGN.

